Other - Hardware - August 2007

How much will it improve my speed to upgrade to 4GB of RAM? I currently have 2GB DDR2 on an Athlon 64 x2 5600+ and I'm wondering how much of a difference it would make for every day use with Vista, video editing and gaming.

I say 4GB instead of 3GB because it's $65 for 1GB and just $95 for 2x1GB on crucial.com so if I upgrade I figure I might as well get the 2x1.

In other words how much will I notice the difference between 2GB of RAM to 4GB?

Great thanks in advance.

2007-08-31 23:49:24 · 8 answers · asked by Michael 2

I got Athlon X2 4200. When I run my favourite game (Everquest II) one of the cores is used in 100%, while the others is used in 0%. Why is the other core not being used? Is it possible to "move some load" from one core to the other?

2007-08-31 23:05:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-31 22:26:40 · 4 answers · asked by rfnnm1 3

I'm new to the puter world. My keyboard locked up in the middle of an email. I could navigate to other sites, but still couldn't write anything. I had to shut the puter down and start over. What should I have checked?

2007-08-31 21:02:22 · 2 answers · asked by GENE 5

2007-08-31 17:44:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-31 17:34:27 · 5 answers · asked by Epic M 1

With example

2007-08-31 17:25:34 · 3 answers · asked by Vibhor 1

2007-08-31 17:22:02 · 1 answers · asked by <('_')> 4

I have an HP Pavilion notebook with an "HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N" drive. This is the drive I use to play games, watch DVDs, and "used to" burn CDs. It worked a few months ago. I used to use "Imation" brand cds, until it quit working. I've also tried "Memorex" and "Dynex", but they've never worked. Anytime I try to burn a cd now, "Roxio Creator Classic" freezes for seven minutes then ejects the disc. Itunes also spits the disc out. I'm sure the discs are empty, I'm even using the discs from the same package as the one's that did work.

2007-08-31 16:43:58 · 3 answers · asked by Dave 2

Is there some way I can get my PC to work from only ONE OS? It seems to be having an internal battle going on about whether WIN XP should do something, or WIN 98......clogging up the WHOLE thing... takes forever... driving me CRAZY!!!!! FIRST GOOD, LOGICAL and RELATIVELY EASY ANSWER GETS TEN (10) POINTS!!!!!!!!

2007-08-31 15:21:53 · 2 answers · asked by Miss Emm 2

"3com" xl pci #3c905b

2007-08-31 15:14:39 · 1 answers · asked by oneemazingplace 3

what is the best in gaming of this 2 VGA FX 6200 256 DDR2 DVI x64 Bit or FX 5500 256 DDR tv-dvi 128 Bit please answer me thanks.

2007-08-31 12:56:39 · 1 answers · asked by ace 1

my dad has a gateway computer, and the HD is dead. now, i have an old Hard drive that is originally come with the compaq computer. when i put it in the gateway computer, the pc cant find a HD. so i assume that the HD is for compaq only. i plan to buy a new HD. but i am not sure if gateway computers only work with HD that is designed for gateway pc. any idea?

2007-08-31 11:03:54 · 3 answers · asked by ۞_ʞɾ_۝ 6

My motherboards fan(Asus A8N5X) has keep screwing up recently. First it was making kind of a grinding noise but then stopped making it. A couple of weeks later it started again and now has fully stopped. I fiddled with it and it started to work again but only at around 1300RPM and only for a while before getting stuck again.

I asked around here and someone said the bearings are contaminated and that to help fix that I should put 1 drop of Sewing machine oil or another decent lubricant on it and let it settle.

I'm getting it replaced on monday with a heatsink(asus don't make those fans anymore) but do you think the sewing oil will help it? I don't want to fry the whole motherboard but I kinda need to use the computer before monday without having to fiddle with the fan every 10 minutes or so...

2007-08-31 10:30:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was going to get a 8800GTS but with the positioning of my northbridge heatsink it wouldn't fit. I brought an X1950 pro for next day delivery, only to shortly realise the X1950 XT would have been a better investment. My current card is a 7800GT, and I was wondering if the X1950pro would be worth keeping, or if I should immediately return it in its unused state, to get a refund and get the X1950 XT instead.

2007-08-31 09:32:42 · 5 answers · asked by Robert S 1

what keys do you think you press the most, and why?

2007-08-31 08:04:52 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Sony Can Play DVD's But Can't Record DVD'S, But Can Read DVD's, But Can Burn CD-R/RW +/-

The Pioneer Can Read And Write CD/DVD R/RW +/-.

Which Drive Needs To Be The Slave?
Which Drive Needs To Be The Master?

Which Drive Will Be Assigned To Drive Letter D:\ ?
Which Drive Will Be Assigned To Drive Letter E:\ ?.

Note: I Want To Read From The Top, And Write To The Bottom.

Thanks...

Ace.

2007-08-31 07:42:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-31 07:33:45 · 8 answers · asked by aaaaaaa 1

Does anyone know of any PC hardware out there that allows you to get a high def signal into your PC via hdmi, dvi, or component? There are plenty of PC tuner cards out there that will take coax, s-video, and composite inputs, but I want something that I can get those hi def signals from a set top box. Any ideas?

2007-08-31 04:24:44 · 3 answers · asked by Nate237 1

Hey...whenever 'check disk' is performed it stops at 45 percent of stage 1 of 3. And say 'file segment 77880(something like that) is unreadable. And then nothing happens and I just restart the computer and skip disk check. So what's the problem? And how do I fix it. Please help. Thanks.

2007-08-31 04:13:47 · 9 answers · asked by Stargirl 3

for win xp os if i install new motherboard in the cabinator will i have to install the drivers for that motherboard or it will take automatically?

i have heard that win xp supports latest motherboard and that supports the old drivers

2007-08-31 02:51:50 · 5 answers · asked by karthik r 1

2007-08-31 01:38:42 · 3 answers · asked by llactrdng2005 1

1> 3.0 Ghz intel ,
2> 2.8 Ghz core2duo ,
3>1.6 Ghz dual core
why?

2007-08-31 01:36:11 · 6 answers · asked by ramon_zrt 2

Hello-
i recently have updated all parts on my computer (new monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers)
everything except the tower.
since my computer tower is very old, my computer is very very slow.
i was wondering if it's possible to buy just a tower for a computer.

thanks.

2007-08-31 01:31:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know much about these stuff. I bought this motherboard aswell.Foxconn P4M8907MB. Via P4M890+VT8237A. Socket 775. FSB 1066/800/533 MHz. PCIex16.DDR2 533/400.USB 2.0. 6 channel audio. 10/100m Lan. serial ATA

2007-08-31 00:58:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

im planning to buy a new hard disk with a capacity of 250gb and ram.... what are things i need to consider before buying.... my current ram is 256mb my processor is pentium 4 2.4 GHz... the size of my current hard disk is 37gb .... and my mother board is ASUS P4VP-MX.....and can You give me some sites where i can learn how to put this items on my 5yr old computer . hehe thnx

2007-08-31 00:47:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-31 00:37:06 · 4 answers · asked by rock star 1

what is the system unit and what is the classification of computer?

2007-08-30 19:44:07 · 1 answers · asked by Gurjit 2

"Ity's like thgis " .... actuallty I am writing "It's like this".
When I press a key two characters are appearing on the screen like "vm" when I have just press "m", "bn" for "b" and "fj" for just "f".

Is there something wrong with the keyboard or is this due to some kind of a bug or virus in my PC......

Urgent help needed because I've got a lot of work to do

2007-08-30 18:57:43 · 5 answers · asked by Michael Kevin 3

my same speekers but new pc doesn't play in all 4 of my speakers and sub woofer at the same time only two work at a time is there anyway to resolve this

2007-08-30 15:32:36 · 6 answers · asked by paul m 2